Year: 2008

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From Top Subscriber Downloads list on lower left of http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/default.aspx of from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?PV=18:100:ALL:en:ALL for the English files, although many languages are avalailable if you change the language filters.

Like that famous car manufacturer slogan: You asked for it, you got it…a new UI! Like that famous burger slogan: Have it your way, have it your way…a whole new UI! Like that famous computer manufacturer slogan: Dude, you’re getting a new UI! I am pleased to announce that we are releasing our new…

The results of our second user survey have been posted here: http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnsubscriptions/pages/instasurvey-7001-new-downloads-ui-survey-results.aspx I would like to thank all of you who took the time to check out the new UI mock-ups and provide feedback. Sincerely, Chris Deluca

Thank you all for providing your feedback on the new UI mock-ups. Here are the final results as tabulated by our accounting firm Dewey, Countem and Howe: The quick summary is as follows: · Dislike: 16% · Like: 84% Summarized verbatim dislikes: · Fonts are too large/Too much wasted space · It doesn’t show me…

Thanks for the feedback you provided on our initial survey as well as the feedback you posted in other blogs. We took this into account and came up with a new user interface design that we hope you like. You can see the new user interface mock-ups here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/bb980944.aspx Please provide your feedback using our “mailto”…

Today, I posted mock-ups of a new user interface design for Subscriber Downloads web pages (it can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/bb980944.aspx). I am interested in your constructive criticism of the new user interface design. Please use the links below to indicate whether you like or dislike this style of navigating to our products. The…